Cowlitz Smelt Report Monday 2/16 8:00am

[Born to be Wild]

Dead!

Worst I have seen in the last 4 or 5 days I have been checking.
Not a whole lot of dipper's out there but all the ones I and others watched didn't net a single smelt.

There are definately some smelt in the river because the sea lions and gulls are there.
Fact the only smelt I saw was bagged by a gull.

Unfortunately I ran into some poor old guy and his son who said he drove all the way from Beasy Corner? approx 2 hours above Bonneville he said.

I suggested he read the post on ifish.net and figure he will from this point on.
He had tried Gearhart Gardens before I ran into him at Carnival Market.
I also went to Rocky Point and confirmed what I already knew that it was dead also.
One guy there standing in the middle of the river was bagging zilch.

Hope this is just the "calm before the storm"!

Dan

[Sore Back]

Thanks for the report. You just saved me about 15 gallons fo gas.

Sore Back

[Born to be Wild]

Just went up and checked it out again about 1:00pm and it was just as dead as earlier.
No one getting anything!

This time I ran into a guy from Olympia that drove all the way down for smelt.

His wife wrote down ifish.net and he might not burn up a bunch of fuel for nothing next time.

Another out-of-towner told me he had been reading in the Oregonian it was good.

I should have asked him when he read that because I know Bill Monroe reads ifish and also calls Bob's.

A week ago last weekend was good or hot but it has been pretty slow all last week.

Sore Back, give me a call when you are headed this way.
I never had the chance to meet you last year.
(360) 560-0201

Dano

[LQQKASTAR]

thanks for the post,you saved me some gas

thanks